OBJECTIVE To assess the magnitude of the problem of cardiovascular risk factors in hospitalized patients, and to establish cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor profiles. METHODS The study included 476 confirmed CVD patients selected by a multi stage stratified cluster random sampling technique in Tabriz Heart Center (Shaheed Madani Hospital), Tabriz, Iran from February 2004 to May 2005. A...

conclusions independent variables such as sex, age, hdl-c, sys-bp, bmi, smoking, cholesterol and hs-crp were considered as influencing variables, and education, marital status, disease history, height, waist circumference, diastolic blood pressure and low density lipoprotein were removed from the models. background cardiovascular disease is considered as one of the most common diseases, causing...

more than 80% cardiovascular disease (cvd) is preventable despite the fact that it is currently the ultimate cause of disability in the world. assessment of the nationwide prevalence of dyslipidemia as a major cvd risk factor is essential to efficiently conduct prevention programs. we extracted data according to the cut‑off points of dyslipidemia used in each study. all published papers on this...

background: migraine with aura (ma) has been identified as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. previous observation has also found higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in migraineurs without aura (mo), but the results have been conflicting. the present study was conducted to assess the association between cardiovascular risk factors and migraine without aura among iranians. me...

abstract objective: patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (dm) have a markedly increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. there are some recommendations for prescription of aspirin in these patients. our purpose was to determine aspirin usage rate in diabetic patients and to compare it in different ages and based upon cardiovascular disease (cvd) risk factors. materials and meth...

Background: Self-efficacy of medication use and pharmaceutical knowledge are important factors for medical treatment completion. Aim: This study aimed to determine the effect of self-administration of medication program on pharmaceutical knowledge and satisfaction of patients with cardiovascular diseases. Methods: This randomized cl...

purpose: to investigate the relationship between neck circumferences and cardiovascular risk   factors in patients with acute coronary syndrome.   materials and methods: in a cross-sectional study, 100 patients with acute coronary syndrome   in kerman hospitals were assessed by measuring their neck circumference and risk factors of   cardiovascular disease. the data were analyzed by student t -...

background: cardiac involvement was the major leading cause of death in patients with kawasaki and ivig administration reduces cardiac complications. the objective of this study was to determine the frequency of cardiovascular complications and duration of fever with regard to the time of intravenous immunoglobulin (ivig) administration of patients with kawasaki disease. methods: this follow-up...

common variable immunodeficiency (cvid) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency disease, predisposing the patients to various tissue involvement and organ damage. here a 16-year-old boy is presented who was referred to our center with cough, dyspnea,cyanosis, and history of recurrent pneumonia. the diagnosis of cvid was made according to reduction all serum immunoglobulin levels...